CMS Opening Night: Haydn's Surprise
$38-$89
- Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
- Michael Stephen Brown, piano & harpsichord
- Wu Han, harpsichord
- Aaron Boyd, violin
- Daniel Phillips, violin
- Pinchas Zukerman, viola
- Paul Neubauer, viola
- David Finckel, cello
- Nina Bernat, double bass
- Lucy Wang, violin
- Hao Zhou, violin
- Aiden Kane, viola
- Tate Zawadiuk, cello
- Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
Franz Joseph Haydn — Arianna a Naxos, Hob. XXVIb:2 (cantata for voice, string quintet, & harpsichord; arr. Peter Jaffe)
Franz Joseph Haydn — Violin Concerto No. 1 in C major, Hob. VIIa:1 (for violin, strings, & harpsichord)
Franz Joseph Haydn — Symphony No. 94 in G major, Hob. I:94 "Surprise" (for piano, flute, & string quartet)
CMS's season opening offers an exploration of Joseph Haydn with a program demonstrating his versatility in a variety of genres. Renowned mezzo-soprano Stephanie Blythe lends her mesmerizing voice to Haydn's cantata Arianna a Naxos. After Haydn's bombastic "Surprise" Symphony, join the artists and your fellow audience members for a celebratory toast.
About Viano String Quartet
Praised for their “virtuosity, visceral expression, and rare unity of intention” (Boston Globe), the Viano Quartet are one of the most sought-after performing young ensembles today and currently in-residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program from 2024-2027. Since winning First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition, they have traveled to nearly every major city across the globe, captivating audiences in New York, London, Berlin, Vancouver, Paris, Beijing, Toronto, Lucerne, and Los Angeles.
The quartet was named the inaugural June Goldsmith Quartet-in-Residence for the Music in the Morning series in Vancouver until 2025, where their focus will be to commission new works and lead extensive community engagement initiatives. The quartet has also held residencies at the Curtis Institute, Colburn Conservatory, Northern Michigan University, and Meadows School of the Arts at Southern Methodist University.
https://www.vianostringquartet.com/About Stephanie Blythe, mezzo-soprano
About Michael Stephen Brown, piano & harpsichord
Praised for his "fearless performances," by The New York Times and "exceptionally beautiful" compositions by The Washington Post, pianist and composer Michael Stephen Brown is a frequent performer of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center series. Mr. Brown, whose artistry is shaped by his creative voice as a pianist and composer, will be featured in the Society 2023-24 season with a solo recital at Alice Tully Hall. A native New Yorker, he lives there with his two 19th-century Steinway Ds, Octavia and Daria.
https://www.samnyc.us/artist.php?id=michaelstephenbrown&aview=dpkAbout Wu Han, harpsichord
About Aaron Boyd, violin
About Paul Neubauer, viola
Paul Neubauer's exceptional musicality and effortless playing led The New York Times to call him "a master musician." Appointed principal violist of the New York Philharmonic at age 21, he has appeared as soloist with over 100 orchestras globally.
http://www.paulneubauer.com/About David Finckel, cello
About Nina Bernat, double bass
Nina Bernat is emerging as one of the world's foremost exponents of the double bass as solo instrument and is the recipient of the 2023 Avery Fisher Career Grant and winner of the 2023 CAG Elmaleh Competition. She enjoys a versatile career as an artist of the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center, Jupiter Symphony Chamber Players, and Music@Menlo, and currently serves as the double bass faculty at Stony Brook University.
The daughter of Korean and Polish parents, Ms. Bernat began her studies with her father, double bassist Mark Bernat, and performs on a rare and sonorous early-18th century bass, handed down from him and attributed to Guadagnini.
https://www.ninabernat.com/About Lucy Wang, violin
Canadian violinist Lucy Wang has garnered praise as an artist whose “technical prowess, tonal mastery, and stage presence can come as no surprise to anyone who has seen her work” (Peace Arch News). A native of Vancouver, she is a founding member of the Viano Quartet, First Prize Laureates of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition and Bowers artists at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center from 2024-2027.
Lucy has performed as soloist, chamber, and orchestral musician in venues such as Walt Disney Concert Hall, Wigmore Hall, Izumi Hall, Carnegie Hall, and Konzerthaus Berlin. She is a recent graduate of the Curtis Institute of Music’s Nina von Maltzahn quartet-in-residence program, and holds Bachelor’s and Master’s degrees from the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Martin Beaver.
In addition to touring with the Viano Quartet, Lucy maintains an active individual presence on social media, with over 50 million views on her videos and over 600,000 followers across various platforms. Reaching people across six continents, Lucy aims to craft a unique path as an artist that builds bridges across different musical and cultural communities.
https://www.vianostringquartet.com/lucywangAbout Hao Zhou, violin
Captivating audiences worldwide with his unique exuberance and unbridled enthusiasm, American violinist Hao Zhou rose to international acclaim as both the Grand Laureate of the 2019 Montreal International Violin Competition and a First Prize winner of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. An accomplished soloist and chamber musician, his performances have taken him all over the world to cities such as Paris, Berlin, Brussels, Osaka, New York City, Beijing, Montreal, Banff, and London.
Hao is a founding member of the award-winning Viano String Quartet, the current 2019-2021 Ensemble-in-Residence at the Colburn Conservatory. Actively dedicated to bringing in audiences from outside the concert hall, the Viano has collaborated with actors and scriptwriters in a comedy theater show called "Over The Top," performed for thousands of elementary school children to bring classical music to younger audiences. His many awards with the Viano String Quartet also include the Grand Prize at the ENKOR Chamber Music Competition as well as Third Prize at the Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, where they also won the Sidney Griller Award and the Haydn Prize.
Hao is a graduate of the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where he studied extensively with Martin Beaver.
https://www.haozhouviolin.com/About Aiden Kane, viola
American violist Aiden Kane has performed in North America, Europe, and Asia as a current member of the Viano Quartet, First Prize Laureates of the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition.
After leaving violin for the dark side, Aiden first studied viola with Daniel Foster through the National Symphony Orchestra’s Youth Fellowship Program. She subsequently earned a Bachelor’s and two Master’s degrees (in viola performance and chamber music studies, respectively) at the Colburn Conservatory of Music, where she studied with Paul Coletti. During her undergraduate years at Colburn, Aiden discovered her love for quartet life as the violist of the Calla Quartet, which received the Silver medal at the 2015 Fischoff Chamber Music Competition, and presented Colburn’s inaugural Musical Encounters outreach program.
Since she joined the Viano Quartet, Viano has won prizes, weathered a pandemic, moved from one coast to another, studied at the Curtis Institute of Music in their string quartet-in-residence program, and joined the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program – and Aiden loves quartet life even more for it all.
https://www.vianostringquartet.com/aidenkaneAbout Tate Zawadiuk, cello
Canadian cellist Tate Zawadiuk is both soloist and chamber musician. Most recently, he performed as a soloist with James Ehnes and the Vancouver Symphony Orchestra for their Centennial Celebration Gala Concert. Mr. Zawadiuk has also performed as a soloist with the Calgary Philharmonic Orchestra, the Vancouver Philharmonic, New Westminster Symphony, Richmond Symphony Orchestra, Vancouver Youth Symphony Orchestra, and the Vancouver Academy of Music Orchestra. In these concerts, Mr. Zawadiuk worked with renowned conductors such as Bramwell Tovey, Otto Tausk, Pierre Simard, Evan Mitchell, Leslie Dala, and Edmond Agopian.
As a chamber musician, Mr. Zawadiuk is a founding member of the Viano String Quartet, in residence at the Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center Bowers Program from 2024-2027. The quartet won First Prize at the 2019 Banff International String Quartet Competition. They also won Third Prize at the 2018 Wigmore Hall International String Quartet Competition, and in 2017 they won Third Prize at the Osaka International String Quartet Competition. The Viano String Quartet is the Quartet in Residence at the Colburn Conservatory of Music.
https://www.tatezawadiuk.com/About Tara Helen O'Connor, flute
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